A little 'pay back' this evening. I have a feeder (lighted) in a spot in the pasture behind the house. In the daytime...when hogs are present I just shoot from the back porch (a little over 300 yds). At night its harder to see so I will drive the Land Cruiser to within 150 yds, park it right in the edge of the pasture and angle it such that I can use the side view mirror as a rest (sort of).
Last night I sat until 10:30 p.m., a steady stream of mosquitoes coming in through the one open window.
Hogs didn't show....so I went back to the house. Checked the game camera this morning and they had come in to the feeder 20 minutes after I had left. Come on.....really...!
We had a storm front blow through earlier in the day and behind it a brisk wind. In my area...the hogs do not like to stay back in the woods (mixture of Pine and Hardwoods) when the wind is strong because all the tree tops are moving. They will find a sheltered area to stay in (planted pines or heavy undergrowth) sometimes, but more often they seek some edge cover (pastures, openings). With that in mind....I expected them to come to the feeder early, which they did.
Not a real large group (thankfully) but had a decent sized boar in it. I let them settle in on the corn and stop their infighting. The boar was in the back most of the time and I had to wait for him to work his way forward. I was shooting the 7mm-08....so didn't want to try for a 'double' even though I had two pigs lined up at one point.
Eventually he made his way to the front, turned broadside and offered a nice High Shoulder Shot opportunity. Shooting off the mirror isn't the most steady thing (at my age) but it worked out. One less hog to worry about and it makes my mosquito bites somewhat easier to live with.
Boar is under feeder .